Gingrich: Republicans need "clean break" from Bush

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Newt weighs in:

Gingrich: Republicans need "clean break" from Bush

A few excerpts:

If you don't represent real change, you just gave away the 2008 election," said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich,...

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Gingrich cited the Iraq war, the failed federal response to Hurricane Katrina two years ago and the inability to control U.S. borders and illegal immigration as evidence of a need for a complete overhaul of the U.S. system of governing.

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On Iraq, Gingrich said that "to stay the course I think in the long run is not a very sound strategy," and that the United States should work quickly to stop Iran's "proxy war" against U.S. troops in Iraq.

He said this should be done in a non-violent way, such as through diplomatic sanctions, economic pressure and covert action and "if necessary with indirect military application."


IMO Gingrich is basically saying that the Bush administration is a failure and it's ok for the Republicans to start saying it out loud. I really doubt that the Republicans will offer up anything that's really different but wait .... Ron Paul? I don't think Paul will win the nomination but he's offering a change. Romney, Guliani, McCain, Thompson? Nope don't think so.